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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
Sept.
2025		 July
2026		 Aug.
2026(p)		 Sept.
2026(p)		 Sept.
2025		 July
2026		 Aug.
2026(p)		 Sept.
2026(p)

Total private

 $31.56 $32.42 $32.53 $32.60 $1,063.57 $1,095.80 $1,099.51 $1,101.88

Goods-producing

 32.72 34.00 34.06 33.97 1,334.98 1,404.20 1,406.68 1,406.36

Mining and logging

 37.49 38.77 38.87 39.00 1,705.80 1,849.33 1,830.78 1,856.40

Construction

 37.57 39.16 39.24 39.20 1,502.80 1,570.32 1,573.52 1,568.00

Manufacturing

 29.22 30.29 30.33 30.21 1,198.02 1,266.12 1,267.79 1,268.82

Durable goods

 30.97 32.20 32.23 32.12 1,275.96 1,362.06 1,363.33 1,365.10

Nondurable goods

 26.53 27.23 27.30 27.18 1,082.42 1,113.71 1,119.30 1,122.53

Private service-providing

 31.33 32.10 32.22 32.33 1,021.36 1,046.46 1,050.37 1,053.96

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 27.03 27.81 27.91 28.04 927.13 951.10 957.31 961.77

Wholesale trade

 32.64 33.30 33.24 33.44 1,282.75 1,312.02 1,316.30 1,320.88

Retail trade

 21.75 22.34 22.43 22.63 665.55 683.60 686.36 694.74

Transportation and warehousing

 30.19 31.35 31.46 31.50 1,147.22 1,172.49 1,182.90 1,181.25

Utilities

 46.54 49.10 49.78 49.49 1,973.30 2,101.48 2,160.45 2,118.17

Information

 43.71 45.64 45.47 45.95 1,582.30 1,629.35 1,618.73 1,631.23

Financial activities

 37.72 38.92 39.05 39.21 1,406.96 1,455.61 1,460.47 1,466.45

Professional and business services

 37.42 38.50 38.68 38.76 1,369.57 1,409.10 1,415.69 1,418.62

Private education and health services

 32.95 33.21 33.36 33.43 1,041.22 1,056.08 1,060.85 1,066.42

Leisure and hospitality

 20.34 21.11 21.24 21.34 490.19 508.75 511.88 514.29

Other services

 29.08 29.56 29.83 29.87 904.39 922.27 933.68 928.96

Footnotes
(1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2025 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026